Redeemer Equip Conversations Bright Threads, Beasts, and Staying the Course : Revelation 13-16
Mar 4, 2026
Jim Burke, elder and pastoral counselor, brings practical care insights. Rick Bowers, pastor and Scripture teacher, offers theological exposition. They trace dragon and beast imagery from the Old Testament, unpack beasts as empire and false religion, explore the mark and 666 as symbolic allegiance, and discuss cultural idols, spiritual drift, and practices to remember you are sealed.
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Rick's Childhood Paleontologist And Ninja Phase
- Rick Bowers shares childhood longtime passions: paleontology and pretending to be a ninja.
- He connects dinosaur obsession and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles nostalgia as reasons he wanted to be a paleontologist and ninja.
Jim's Buckskin Bill Cowboy Memory
- Jim Burke recalls wanting to be a cowboy inspired by local kids' TV Buckskin Bill and receiving a ceramic horse for a birthday.
- He jokes about breaking the ceramic horse, using it to illustrate childhood imagination.
Beasts Are Biblical Chaos Threads
- Revelation's dragon and beast imagery recycles Old Testament chaos motifs to show spiritual disorder.
- Rick Bowers traces it from Genesis' serpent to Psalm and Daniel, framing the beast as anti-image-bearing, power-hungry systems.